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KYPRIANOS M955

Sigla: question mark icon Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.

P. Oxy. LXXXII 5314
P. Oxy. 82 5314
Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms 105/51(a)

Category: question mark icon Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical.

Magical (applied)
Contents:

1. Ro l. 1: Short applied amulet with name of Jesus Christ for healing/protection of Phib.
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Language(s):

Greek
Script(s):

Greek
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 401 – 500
Date notes:

Tagliapietra (2016: p. 105); TM (21/1/2021).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 6.1 Width: 10.3 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Tagliapietra (2016: p. 105).
Folding pattern:

1 horizontal crease.
State of preservation:

Complete.
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

1
Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column recto (↓), 1 line.
Hand:

Findspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt

(TM places ID: 1524)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt

(TM places ID: 1524)
Present Location:

Oxford, Sackler Library
Collection History:

Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 264
Collection website: http://163.1.169.40/cgi-bin/library?e=d-000-00---0POxy--00-0-0--0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-about---00031-001-1-0utf-00&a=d&c=POxy&cl=CL5.1.67&d=HASH10c77d15a1ed59acb931d2

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Tagliapietra, Livia, et al. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. 82. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 2016, p. 105, no. 5314.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

702439

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) ACM: question mark icon Ancient Christian Magic
Bélanger Sarrazin: question mark icon Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” AKZ: question mark icon Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte CBd: question mark icon Campbell-Bonner Magical Gems Database Mert.-Pack: question mark icon Mertens-Pack online database
Van H: question mark icon van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires Bruyn-Dijkstra: question mark icon de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" TheDefix: question mark icon Thesaurus Defixionum To Zodion:
Edit History:

ST (21/1/2021); ST (22/1/2021); KD (26/2/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M955," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m955. Accessed on 05/11/2025

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